katrina's question

what is the purpose of humanity?

if humanity is at its core, its central nature, a choice, then what is our purpose? obviously, it is to choose. every word, every letter of everything ever written or said or done was a choice. history is full of choices - all leading up to now. effectively, what humanity has done is created a story; one filled, more often than not, with violence and fear and hate. suicidal, self-destructive stories. but does that negate our nature? no. in fact, i believe that it reaffirms it, and our need to grow, morally, spiritually.

for the confessing christian, the implications are clear - christ came to show us how to choose (though, perhaps in a way, not necessarily what). the law is love. not rules and regulations, which is said often enough, but it is not self-righteousness either. underpinning every choice, every action in this world is the question - what are we becoming? and if the law is love, then what we should be becoming is an expression of love that fills every minute and every word and every choice. as nietzsche said, "what is done out of love always happens beyond good and evil." and if christ is GOD, and GOD is love, then christ did everything out of love, and beyond good and evil. meaning, that he did not have a morality imposing on him, but that in every choice, he had furthering love as his objective. well, maybe i should put it like that - he had no objective; he just had love.

but what does this have to do with the purpose of humanity? it is the purpose of humanity! to be everything out of love, to replace the suicidal, self-destructive stories with ones of love, peace, and restoration. it evokes the question: why did GOD create us? was it not to enter into our story and have a relationship with us? that together we could make stories of being and love?

the purpose of humanity is simple, as are most truths in the end - live, grow, create stories filled with love (esstentially, filled with GOD). BE. harvey dent said, "in a cruel world, the only morality is chance." well, perhaps in a tragic world (one where all the responsiblity of every choice rests on the individual), the only morality is love. what do you think?